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Statutory and Constitutional Provisions - County Sheriff
- Art. XI, § 5
Wash. Const. - Directs legislature to provide for elected sheriff.
- Ch.
36.28 RCW - General provisions on duty and authority of county sheriff.
- RCW
36.16.030 - Lists county sheriff as required elected official.
- RCW
36.16.070 and RCW
41.14.070 - Making sheriff and certain deputies exempt from the civil
service system.
- RCW
39.34.180 - Responsibility of counties, cities, and towns for certain
criminal justice functions within their respective jurisdictions, including
law enforcement and detention functions
- Ch.
41.14 RCW - Civil service system governing most sheriff's office employees.
- RCW 70.48.090(3) - Making the county sheriff responsible for the operation of jail facilities, but authorizing the county commissioners or council to create a department of corrections to be in charge of the jail and confinement of persons rather than the sheriff.
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